MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF WORTH HELD CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Village of Worth Village Board was called to order by Village President Werner on at 7:00 p.m. at the Village Meeting Room. ROLL CALL Present and responding to roll call were the following: Village President: Village Clerk Village Trustees: Mary Werner Bonnie Price Mary Rhein Warren Soldan Tedd Muersch Jr. Colleen McElroy Pet Kats Rich Dziedzic Also Present: Village Attorney Chief of Police Finance Director Village Engineer Building Commissioner Greg Jones Mark Micetich Dwayne Fox Mike Spolar Bruce Zartler There being a quorum present, the meeting was called to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Trustee Rhein stated that she has truly enjoyed serving the resident as a trustee and many positive changes happened in the village over the last 14 years Trustee Rhein hopes that this continues. Trustee Rhein thanked Trustee Dziedzic and Trustee McElroy for all of their hard work with economic development, Trustee Dziedzic puts in a lot of hours with the neighbor in need program and Trustee McElroy spends a lot of time working on grants. She thanked Trustee Kats for all he has done with the public works department she hopes that the street program that was implemented years ago continues. She thanked Trustee Muersch for the work he is doing at Water s Edge Golf Club the course is a beautiful facility and she wishes him nothing but the best. She thanked Finance Director Fox who came to us in 2009 when the Village was not in very good financial shape, his valuable input and recommendations for saving the village thousands and thousands of dollars which was needed. She hopes that he remains our finance
director for years to come. Trustee Rhein reminded the board that the budget is coming up and we need to watch our spending, please keep with my motto just because it is in the budget doesn t mean we need to spend it. President Werner and Clerk Price presented Trustee Rhein with a plaque for all of years of service to the Village of Worth. The Honorable Judge Mathias Delort administered the official oath to Trustee Kats, Trustee Soldan and Trustee Ryan. President Werner asked for a short recess at 7:10 p.m. Present and responding to roll call at 7:17 p.m. were the following: Village President: Village Clerk Village Trustees: Mary Werner Bonnie Price Kevin Ryan Warren Soldan Tedd Muersch Jr. Colleen McElroy Pet Kats Rich Dziedzic REPORTS OF VILLAGE OFFICIALS VILLAGE PRESIDENT President Werner announced several upcoming events: On May 15 th Dancing for the Vets fundraiser from 7 p.m. midnight, $25.00 per couple or $15.00 per person, includes food and entertainment. On May 16 th at 9 a.m. planting day for the village volunteers should meet at public works. On May 17 th the Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Worth Park District is looking for volunteers for Worth Days Fest. 2
VILLAGE CLERK Clerk Price stated that on the consent agenda to authorize the Village President to enter in a contract for electricity supply for five accounts with NIMEC (Constellation energy). The agreement is for 2 years. Without any objection this will remain on the consent agenda. FINANCE COMMITTEE Trustee Ryan stated that on the consent agenda is to approve bill list dated May 5 in the amount of $161,058.42. Without any objection this will remain on the consent agenda. Trustee Ryan stated that on the consent agenda is to approve April payroll in the amount of $358,231.53. Trustee Ryan explained that in the month of April we had 3 payrolls and that is the reason for it being so high. Without any objection this will remain on the consent agenda. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Trustee Soldan submitted the North Palos Fire Protection District report for the month of April; they had 8 fires, 85 rescues, 5 hazardous conditions and 8 false alarms. For year to date they had 425 fires and 1,096 emergencies. Trustee Soldan announced the retirement of Battalion Chief Carlson, there will be a retirement party on May 29 at Krapils 6 p.m. tickets are $40.00. Trustee McElroy asked if North Palos Fire Protection District could attend a meeting to do an annual report. Trustee Soldan will talk to them regarding this. President Werner stated that the Village of Worth is in the process of negotiating with NPFPD. Trustee McElroy asked if we can get representation on the board. President Werner explained you need to be in the district and Worth is not part of the district we contract their services. Trustee McElroy asked about annexation. President Werner stated that if you belong to the district you will have a line on your tax bill for NPFPD services. GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE Trustee Muersch stated that we will have the budget presentation for Water s Edge on May 19. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Trustee McElroy announced several upcoming meetings and events: The Centennial Meeting on May 11 at 7 p.m. The EDC Meeting on May 14 at 7 p.m. The mural dedication on May 17 at 12:30 p.m. 3
Trustee McElroy stated that the EDC and the RTA have selected a firm for the Transit Oriented Detail the firm is Fair & Associates, the attorney is reviewing the agreement and we will approve the contract at the next board meeting. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Trustee Kats stated that public works is working on 114 th Street in the 6800 block repairing the ditch line and will pave areas that need to be paved. BUILDING, LICENSING, & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE Trustee Dziedzic stated that on the consent agenda is to adopt Ordinance 2015-18 an ordinance approving an agreement between the Village of Worth and Administrative Consulting Specialists, LLC for grant administration services. Without any objection this will remain on the consent agenda. Trustee Dziedzic stated that the REDB is recommending the variances at 7403 W. 113 th Street. The garage will be 36x24 and the owner of the property will remove the garage that is presently there and replace with a new garage. Trustee McElroy asked if any of the issues regarding parking were addressed. Trustee Dziedzic stated no we just discussed the variances. President Werner stated that the Public Works department replaced the no parking signs that were missing. There was a conversation with him to remove the equipment that was parked on 113 th Street. Trustee Dziedzic made a motion, Trustee McElroy second to direct the attorney to prepare an ordinance based on the recommendations of the REDB regarding the variances for the property located at 7403 W. 113 th Street. A voice vote followed. Motion carried. Trustee Dziedzic stated that the REDB has recommended that the board amend section 5-2-8 of the Village Code. This helps streamline when a resident has multiple variances that need to be heard in front of the REDB. WE had some conflicting ordinances. Attorney Jones stated when we have multiple requests this will help with the procedures for the REDB and the board Trustee Dziedzic made a motion, Trustee McElroy second to direct the attorney to prepare an ordinance regarding the procedure to approve variances that need to be heard by the REDB. A voice vote followed. Motion carried. Trustee Dziedzic stated that the third item that was heard by the REDB is for a text amendment to section 5-5 of the Worth Municipal code to establish zoning regulations for feral cat colonies. Trustee Dziedzic is asking that we hold off on this to give Trustee Ryan time to review it. President Werner stated that Triple R would be happy to meet with us. President Werner stated that Triple R has been working in our community and this will help us to establish the zoning regulations. 4
Trustee Dziedzic asked the board to have questions ready regarding the sign ordinance. President Werner stated that the large vehicle ordinance has been discussed and no decision has been made so we will make sure that Trustee Ryan has information on this also. Trustee Dziedzic stated the Cruise Nights are back every Monday night from 6-9 p.m. at the Water s Edge Golf Course. President Werner stated that we will be getting our gaming machines very soon at Water s Edge. ATTORNEY S REPORT No report. MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE CONSENT AGENDA Motion was made by Trustee McElroy seconded by Trustee Soldan to establish the consent agenda. A roll call followed. Ayes: Trustee Ryan, Soldan, Muersch, McElroy, Kats and Dziedzic (6). Nays: (0). Absent: (0). Abstain: (0). Motion carried. Consent Agenda o Approve the regular meeting minutes from April 21, 2015 o Authorize the Village President to enter in a contract for electricity supply for five accounts with NIMEC (Constellation energy) o Approve bill list dated May 5 in the amount of $161,058.42 o Approve April payroll in the amount of $ 358,231.53 o Adopt Ordinance 2015-18 An ordinance approving an agreement between the Village of Worth and Administrative Consulting Specialists, LLC for grant administration services MOTION TO ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA Motion was made by Trustee Kats second by Trustee McElroy to approve the consent agenda as adopted. A roll call followed. Ayes: Trustee Ryan, Soldan, Muersch, McElroy, Kats and Dziedzic (6). Nays: (0). Absent: (0). Abstain: (0). Motion carried. CITIZENT S COMMENTS 5
Steve Werner thanked the public works department for letting him use the chipper at Water s Edge Golf Course to remove several trees this saves Water s Edge a substantial amount of money. Steve Werner stated that if you want to know what our local police department s go through every day purchase a scanner and see how much the police officers do. They should be praised. Allow the police to do their jobs. Brent Woods thanked the Superintendent Demonbreun for repairing the pot holes and the dangerous sidewalk on 114 th Street. ADJOURNMENT Trustee Kats moved seconded by Trustee Muersch to adjourn the regular meeting at 7:53 p.m. A voice vote followed. Motion carried. Bonnie M. Price, CMC Village Clerk 6